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October - 2 
Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) held a series of meetings last week to review the terror cases involving Popular Front of India (PFI's) cadre which are being probed by National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Police forces of Kerala, Karnata
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Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) held a series of meetings last week to review the terror cases involving Popular Front of India (PFI's) cadre which are being probed by National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Police forces of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, The Times of India reports on October 3. PFI, which claims to be an NGO, could face action under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act-UAPA, if the UMHA concludes that it is sufficiently linked with cases of jihadi terror and promotes Islamic fundamentalism. UMHA sources said there is enough material against PFI, including a dossier from NIA detailing role of its cadres in six terror cases probed by and inputs from states where the organisation's members face allegations of religious extremism, terror and 'forced' conversions to justify a ban.However, NIA recently added to its dossier that originally cited four terror cases involving PFI cadres — chopping of a professor's hand in Kerala's Idukki District, a training camp in Kannur where NIA seized swords and ingredients for making IEDs, murder of RSS leader Rudresh in Bengaluru and the Islamic State Al-Hindi Module case in which IS-inspired youth from Kerala and Tamil Nadu planned to target prominent people and places in South India. Two more cases involving alleged PFI cadres were cited — that of Hadiya alias Akhila Asokan's "forced" conversion and the 2017 IS-Islamic State/Daesh Chennai case where linkages to PFI have surfaced.
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October - 6 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 6 questioned a 26-yer-old youth, identified as Amir in Mettupalayam in Coimbatore Rural District of Tamil Nadu for his suspected links with the militant group Islamic State (IS/ISIS), reports The Tim
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 6 questioned a 26-yer-old youth, identified as Amir in Mettupalayam in Coimbatore Rural District of Tamil Nadu for his suspected links with the militant group Islamic State (IS/ISIS), reports The Times of India. The youth, who is running a mobile sales and service shop, was picked up by a NIA team from Kochi in Ernakulam District of Kerala on October 6th morning. Amir, who has no criminal record in the local police stations, was taken to Mettupalayam station and questioned him. NIA officials recovered a mobile phone and five SIM cards from him. After questioning him for hours, the officials let him go. He was asked to appear before them in Kochi on October 9.
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October - 6 
The Thane Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) suspects that a 23-year-old youth from Kalyan, identified as Yusuf Akhtar Shaikh, who went missing in May 2016, may have joined the Islamic State (IS), reports Hindustan Times on October 7. “We suspect Shaik
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The Thane Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) suspects that a 23-year-old youth from Kalyan, identified as Yusuf Akhtar Shaikh, who went missing in May 2016, may have joined the Islamic State (IS), reports Hindustan Times on October 7. “We suspect Shaikh has joined the IS, but we have no leads. We will talk to his mother once we get his call data records,” said an officer from the Thane ATS.However, the local Police claimed they have no such information. According to Police, Shaikh, a resident of Indira Nagar in Kalyan in Thane District, has been undergoing treatment for schizophrenia for the past few years. He left from home on May 11, 2016, after a fight with his mother. When he didn’t return till late at night, his mother filed a missing person’s complaint.
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October - 6 
Twenty Bangladeshi youngsters, believed to be in touch with Islamic terror organisation recruiters have gone missing from western Uttar Pradesh (UP) over the years, according to the revelation made in a report prepared by Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) o
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Twenty Bangladeshi youngsters, believed to be in touch with Islamic terror organisation recruiters have gone missing from western Uttar Pradesh (UP) over the years, according to the revelation made in a report prepared by Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the UP Police, which arrested four illegal Bangladeshi immigrants linked to Bangladesh-based terror modules in the past 10 weeks. All four had taken refuge in Saharanpur and were staying in Deoband, the Islamic seminary in western UP.IG UP ATS Asim Arun said, “Faizan went missing from Saharanpur in the first week of August. We had recovered IS literature from his room and he had even scribbled a few things on a piece of paper used for making lethal bombs”. Linked to Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) and other Islamic terror outfits, Faizan, was apparently trying to wage war against the country and had visited Kashmir valley. Through cash deposit receipts found in his room, the ATS found that Faizan had received money from different sources, regularly. “Most of the payments the group of illegal immigrants received were valued below `50,000 but we were surprised to see up to `9.80 lakh deposited in one go in accounts operated by them at Saharanpur”, the IG said. Other security agencies in the country have been alerted to look out for Mr Faizan.
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October - 12 
Highlighting the security threat that Rohingyas pose to national security, the Intelligence Branch of Nagaland Police on October 12 warned against a likely attack on the people of Nagaland by the Rohingyas, reports Business Standard. The Nagaland Int
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Highlighting the security threat that Rohingyas pose to national security, the Intelligence Branch of Nagaland Police on October 12 warned against a likely attack on the people of Nagaland by the Rohingyas, reports Business Standard. The Nagaland Intelligence sources confirmed that the Imam of Dimapur is contacting the Rohingya rebels and has commenced collecting huge amount of arms and ammunitions from Bangladesh. According to officials 2,000 Muslims have volunteered to take up arms against the Nagas, if the latter try to drive them out. The Imam is planning to attack Hebron and Kehoi camps post which it will be convenient for them to capture Nagaland. Around 20 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria( ISIS) terrorists have entered Nagaland and are training the volunteers. Suicide bomb attacks and bomb blasts are likely throughout Nagaland. The authorities have directed to track the movement of Muslims in Dimapur.
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October - 19 
Manila Police arrested online propagandist Karen Aisha Hamidon whose name figured during the National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into Islamic State's (IS) Jaipur module, New Indian Express reports on October 20. Hamidon is suspected to have
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Manila Police arrested online propagandist Karen Aisha Hamidon whose name figured during the National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into Islamic State's (IS) Jaipur module, New Indian Express reports on October 20. Hamidon is suspected to have recruited more than 20 Indians for the terror outfit, following which the NIA issued a Lookout Circular against her. Sources said Hamidon was arrested earlier this week after the Philippines police mounted surveillance on her online activities. She was under observation of counter-terror agencies there for the last six months. The NIA is likely to approach the Philippines authorities to question her in connection with the Jaipur module of IS in which the agency has filed a chargesheet. The NIA case into the Jaipur module RC-05/2016/NIA/DLI was registered by the agency against Sirajuddin, a resident of Jaipur and native of Bengaluru. The interrogation of Sirajuddin by the agency revealed that he was radicalised by the Filipino woman through a WhatsApp group. Following the revelations by Sirajuddin, the NIA had reportedly sent a Letters Rogatory (judicial request) to the Philippines seeking details about her activities and links to the terror outfit.According to inputs, Hamidon is closely associated with the IS leadership and has access to the Moro Islamic insurgents of the Philippines. She is suspected to be engaged in influencing young Muslim girls from Mindanao province to join the IS, the sources said. A source said cyber profiling of Hamidon’s social networking accounts suggested she was in touch with over 20 youth from India, including from Jammu & Kashmir, Mumbai and the Konkan region, Sri Lanka and Maldives. The Kashmir connection of Hamidon is reflective of the IS’s growing reach in the Valley with Kashmiri youth waving IS flags in the state on a regular basis.
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October - 22 
Indian security agencies are looking for information about a doctor, believed to be from of Kerala, who recently featured into a propaganda video of Islamic State (IS), India Today reports on October 23. Abu Muqatil al-Hindi, who appears to be in his
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Indian security agencies are looking for information about a doctor, believed to be from of Kerala, who recently featured into a propaganda video of Islamic State (IS), India Today reports on October 23. Abu Muqatil al-Hindi, who appears to be in his mid-forties and speaks with a thick accent, is seen exhorting medical professionals from across the world to join the healthcare services at the IS-held zones of Syria in the name of Islamic brotherhood. Agencies point out to another doctor in the same video, named Abu Yusuf al-Australi who turned out to be Dr Tareq Kamleh from Adelaide (Australia) who joined the terror outfit in 2015. "We strongly suspect al-Hindi to be at the helm of recruiting jihad-sympathisers from India," a top security official told Mail Today on condition of anonymity. "Shahjahan Velluva Kandy from Kannur (Kerala), who was deported from Turkey after he was caught trying to sneak into ISIS territory, had revealed during questioning that at least six persons from the state have joined ranks in Syria," the official said.A senior officer said the video presents a rare strategy of IS, where instead of taking pride in their brutal actions as earlier they are employing a positive PR campaign to tout their medical successes. "But make no mistake. They still thrive on hatred for un-Islamic administrations," the official said. The video also focuses on civilian victims of the air strikes and the heroics of Raqqa's fighters. According to information available with Indian authorities, till last year, 21 men, women and children from Kerala left for Afghanistan via Iran to live in the IS-controlled territory. Some of them are learnt to have been killed in drone attacks.
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October - 25 
five Kerala youths, Shahanad (25) of Chalad, Rishal (30) of Valapattanam, Shameer (45) of Pappinissery and his son Safwan (20), Shajil (30) of Koodali (all I Kannur District) were among those who were reportedly killed in Syria and Afghanistan, adds
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five Kerala youths, Shahanad (25) of Chalad, Rishal (30) of Valapattanam, Shameer (45) of Pappinissery and his son Safwan (20), Shajil (30) of Koodali (all I Kannur District) were among those who were reportedly killed in Syria and Afghanistan, adds The Hindu. In the neighbouring Kasaragod District, five of the 21 people from Padanna who had gone to Afghanistan had been confirmed dead, Police said adding that two youths from neighbouring Vadakara in Kozhikode District were also reportedly dead. Police also identified Manaf and Shameer of Valapattanam and Abdul Qayyoom of Mayyil in Kannur District as an IS fighter still in Syria.
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October - 25 
Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on October 25 arrested two suspected Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists, identified as Mohammad Kasim Stimberwala and Ubed Ahmed Mirza from Surat in Surat District who were planning terror attack in the State during th
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Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on October 25 arrested two suspected Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists, identified as Mohammad Kasim Stimberwala and Ubed Ahmed Mirza from Surat in Surat District who were planning terror attack in the State during the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections, reports India Today. The duo was in touch with ISIS through social media. They even conducted recce at some religious places in the state. They have been inspired by terrorist Abdul al-Fazal and were planning to flee the country after executing their plan.NDTVadds that the duo claimed that they were plotting an attack on a Jewish synagogue in Khadia area of Ahmedabad in "very near future". While Stimberwala used to work as a laboratory technician with a hospital in Ankleshwar town, Mirza is a practicing lawyer with the Surat district court and also owns a hotel there. They were booked under for criminal conspiracy, waging or attempt to wage war against Government of India and other charges, an official said.
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October - 25 
One of the four-member cell of students from Maharashtra’s Thane who became the first Indians to join the Islamic State (IS), identified as Fahad Tanvir Sheikh, was killed fighting near Raqqa in Syria last week, his family was told by an anonym
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One of the four-member cell of students from Maharashtra’s Thane who became the first Indians to join the Islamic State (IS), identified as Fahad Tanvir Sheikh, was killed fighting near Raqqa in Syria last week, his family was told by an anonymous caller, reports The Indian Express on October 26 (today). Sheikh was the last surviving member of the cell, following the arrest of Areeb Majeed, and the killing of Sahim Tanki, and Aman Naim Tandel. “Late Tuesday [October 24], my wife received a call from a foreign number from someone who told us our son had been killed,” said Dr Tanvir Sheikh, Fahad Sheikh’s father. “She was distraught, and did not note down the details the caller offered about what had happened and where.” National Investigation Agency (NIA) sources said Dr Sheikh had telephoned the organisation immediately after receiving the call, adding that they were now working to trace its origin. Sources, however, said there were no means available to independently verify the circumstances of Sheikh’s death, given violent and anarchic conditions in the area.Fahad Sheikh had left for Iraq in May 2014, as part of a pilgrimage group, travelling with Majeed, Tanki and Tandel. The four men then drove from Baghdad to Mosul, before disappearing into Islamic State-held territory. Family members said Sheikh, an engineering student, had misled his parents into believing he was leaving home to take up a job in Mumbai’s Bandra area. Intelligence sources said Sheikh may have been among the 300-odd jihadists who staged a last stand against Kurdish forces at a Raqqa sports stadium and a hospital, even as their commanders debated whether to surrender to forces that were closing in. Forces from the Kurdish Yekîneyên Parastina Gel, or Peoples’ Protection Militia, are believed to have killed dozens of the Islamic State’s foreign fighters in the last days of the battle for Raqqa, after receiving informal instructions not to take prisoners.The report further said that the fate of several other Indians known to have been in jihadist-held territories now recaptured by the Syrian Government and Kurdish forces remains unknown. Former Mumbai eye-hospital worker Abu Rashid, wanted by the NIA for his alleged role in the Indian Mujahideen (IM)’s urban terror strikes, was among those who appeared in the Islamic State video, warning the Government of India that he would soon return to “avenge every crime that has been committed against Muslims”. Muhammad ‘Bada’ Sajid, similarly sought by the NIA for being a member of the IM, is also missing.
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October - 25 
The Times of India adds that the number of Indians in Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi-led terror outfit is a miniscule, a little over 100, as compared to the number of fighters from UK, France, Belgium or Russia, but the fact that they would be highly trained;
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The Times of India adds that the number of Indians in Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi-led terror outfit is a miniscule, a little over 100, as compared to the number of fighters from UK, France, Belgium or Russia, but the fact that they would be highly trained; capable of easily mingling with the local population; and may work as part of 'sleeper cells' or for 'lone wolf' attacks cannot be overlooked. Investigators said the arrested operatives, along with others from Kerala, had travelled to Turkey and Syria to fight alongside Islamic State. Sources said Razakh, Rashid and Midilaj are also linked to Shajahan Velluva Kandy alias Mohamed Ismail Mohideen, who was arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police in July on his return from Turkey. NIA got five-day custody of Mohideen on October 25 to question him about others who may try to come back to India.
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October - 25 
Three youths from Kerala, identified as Midilaj K.C (26), Rashid M.P (23), and Abdul Razakh K (24) who joined the Islamic State (IS) and left the country to undergo training in Syria were arrested by the Police in Kannur District of Kerala on October
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Three youths from Kerala, identified as Midilaj K.C (26), Rashid M.P (23), and Abdul Razakh K (24) who joined the Islamic State (IS) and left the country to undergo training in Syria were arrested by the Police in Kannur District of Kerala on October 25 after four months of Police surveillance, reports The Hindu. The youths were arrested by the Valapattanam Police in Kannur District after they were questioned by Police officers led by the Kannur Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) P.P. Sadanandan. They had been under surveillance after they returned to the country four months ago from Turkey.Police said that they had gone to Turkey and stayed there for three to four months and had been captured by Turkish authorities while they were trying to cross the border to Syria. Valapattanam Police registered a case against the three on charges of joining a banned terrorist organisation under Sections 38 and 39 of the Unlawful Activities [Prevention] Act (UAPA). Hinting that more arrests would be made in the coming days, Sadanandan said that those who had gone to Syria and Afghanistan to join IS saw themselves as participants in hijira (migration), and members of Islamic fighters for Ghazwa-e-Hind (conquest of India). The latest case relates to those who returned to the country after joining IS, the Police were also probing cases of IS fighters from the region who had been killed in Syria and Afghanistan and those who were still fighting in those countries, he added.
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October - 26 
Two more persons suspected of having links to the terror group Islamic State (IS) were arrested in Kannur District on October 26, Pune Mirror. With this, the number of persons apprehended in IS terror connection from Kerala so far has raised to five.
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Two more persons suspected of having links to the terror group Islamic State (IS) were arrested in Kannur District on October 26, Pune Mirror. With this, the number of persons apprehended in IS terror connection from Kerala so far has raised to five. Thalassery natives Hamza aka Taliban Hamza and Manaf were picked up on October 26 morning, Kannur District Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) PP Sadananandan said. “Hamza, who has strong connections with the terror outfit’s high command, was behind the recruitment of youths from the state for IS... He had worked in Gulf countries for more than 20 years,” he said. About six months ago, Manaf was prevented by authorities at Mangalore airport in Karnataka from leaving the country, the official said. All the five suspects were put under surveillance for the last months, he added. The accused have been charged under sections 38 and 39 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act-UAPA.
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October - 26 
Zakir Naik deliberately insulted the religious beliefs of Hindus, Christians and Islamic sects like Shia, Sufi and Barelvi, and his speeches influenced recruits to the cause of the so-called Islamic State-IS, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) h
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Zakir Naik deliberately insulted the religious beliefs of Hindus, Christians and Islamic sects like Shia, Sufi and Barelvi, and his speeches influenced recruits to the cause of the so-called Islamic State-IS, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has said, reports The Times of India. The agency has charge sheeted the "televangelist" under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act-UAPA for heading an 'unlawful association' and accused him of inciting youth to take up terror acts and join global terror outfits like IS. Naik's NGO Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), banned in 2016 under the UAPA, as well as private firm Harmony Media Pvt Ltd were named as co-accused for having conspired with Naik to promote enmity and hatred between different religious groups and insulting certain sects of Islam and other religions.According to the chargesheet, a witness, Noor Mohammad, who was on his way to Syria to join the IS but later aborted the plan, told the NIA that he was influenced by Naik's oratory at 'peace conferences' organised by IRF in 2007 and 2008. Later on, he was motivated by an accused in the Malad-Malwani IS module case, Mohsin Sayyed, who quoted Naik as saying that suicide bombing was permissible in Islam. "Since he considered A-1 (Naik) an authority over Islamic viewpoint, he readily agreed to join the IS to fight jihad for them," the chargesheet said.Naik, the chargesheet added, had delivered over 1,500 public lectures/talks in India and abroad since 1994. "In these lectures/QA sessions, Naik states that only Islam is the true religion. He also says that among the religious books of all religions, only Quran is in original form, all other religious texts have been corrupted. He publicly claims that all the other messengers, including Moses, Jesus as well as Sri Krishna, preached Islam. He criticises religious practices observed by other religions as well as non-Wahhabi Islamic sects such as Shias, Sufis and Barelvis, and terms them un-Islamic," the NIA said.The second case cited by the NIA is that of Arshi Asif Qureshi, an associate of Naik and an IRF employee. Around July 2016, Qureshi was arrested, in a case registered in Kerala, on charges of forcibly converting two individuals to Islam and recruiting for the IS. Qureshi is also chargesheeted in an NIA case registered in Mumbai. The third case relates to Abu Anas, a chargesheeted accused in a 2015 'IS conspiracy case' investigated by the NIA. Anas received a scholarship of INR 1.5 lakh from IRF in instalments between 2013 and 2015. Anas, as per the chargesheet filed in the IS case, was part of a conspiracy by the IS-affiliated Junood-ul-Khilafa-fil-Hind to recruit Muslims from India to work for the terror outfit.
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October - 31 
Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) have successfully managed to de-radicalise 120 youth who were on the verge of joining dreaded terror outfit Islamic State (ISIS), reports India TV on November 1. In last few days, the ATS had in Mahara
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Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) have successfully managed to de-radicalise 120 youth who were on the verge of joining dreaded terror outfit Islamic State (ISIS), reports India TV on November 1. In last few days, the ATS had in Maharashtra including in Mumbai identified 120 youth who were radicalised by the ideology of the ISIS and were planning to join the group. The agencies, instead of booking them under the law, chose to look for ways to de-radicalise them. According to security agencies, these youth were in regular touch with handlers in Syria. But the prompt action taken by the security agencies, prevented these youth from fleeing. So far, 80 out of 120 youth have joined the mainstream. Agencies said that they contacted the family members of these youth and with the help of Maulanas and Ulemas, they helped these youth get rid of Islamic radicalisation. Agencies said that Maulanas and Ulemas informed these youth about the real meaning of Islam and Jihad. Maulanas and Ulemas also praised the role of security agencies for their timely action to prevent these youth from choosing wrong path in their life.
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